Ash receiver



July 3, 1951 B. H. DE HAVEN ASH RECEIVER Filed Aug. 9, 1947 LIZ. '\/4 Gttorneg Patented July 3, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to an ash receiver, and important objects advantages thereof are to provide an ash receiver of the class described, which embodies novel means for supporting a cigarette when the latter is temporarily put aside during the smoking thereof and for causing the extinction of such supported cigarette after a period of time if the cigarette is not removed, which will prevent a lighted cigarette from dropping therefrom and thereby eliminate the liability and hazards of damage to furniture, property and life from such cause, which is simple in its construction and arrangement, durable and eflicient in its use, attractive in appearance, and cmparatively economical in its manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts herein specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but it is to be understood that changes in the form, proportions and details of construction may be resorted to that come within the scope of the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawing wherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughthough it will be obvious that the same may be constructed of any other suitable refractory material to best meet conditions found in practice.

The ash receiver consists of a comparatively shallow ash tray l, including a bottom 2 and the side walls 3. While the ash tray is shown and preferred as being square-shaped, it will be apparent that the invention may be successfully embodied in ash trays having other suitable polygonal contours or be circular in contour Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

A duplex cigarette support l is formed integral with the top of each of the tray side walls 3 and project upwardly from the latter. The support e is provided with a pair of recesses, respectively indicated at 5 and E5, which are designed and intended to receive and hold a cigarette. The recesses extend transversely in the support and are horizontally aligned in spaced relation to each other. The recesses 5 and 5 are positioned in opposed relation to each other, and have laterally isi-240) disposed openings 1, which are disposed inwardly toward each other. The bottom walls of the recesses 5 and 6 project and incline toward each other to form an elevation 8 centrally intermediate of said recesses, as clearly shown in Fig ure 2. The purpose of such inclining bottom walls is to more readily direct a cigarette 9 by gravity movement into respective recesses 5 or 6.

It is the general practice to place the stub of a completely smoked cigarette directly upon the bottom of the ash tray, but if the smoker intends to resume the smoking of a partially smoked cigarette, heV invariably places it in tilted position against the tray side wall with the ignited end, of course, disposed within the tray. If a such partially smoked and so placed cigarette is forgotton, for any reason, it will be further consumed until it overbalances on the tray wall and drops upon the supporting furniture or floor, and thereby becomes a decided fire hazard capable of culminating frequently in damage to life and property. The same conditions prevail if a partially smoked cigarette is placed horizontally on the top rim of an ash tray as is frequently done.

In the use of the improved ash receiver, the partially consumed and still ignited cigarette is engaged in one of the recesses 5, 6, and when so engaged the cigarette cannot release itself and drop from the latter. The support 4 is of considerable thickness, and generally the engaged cigarette is maintained in a horizontal position upon the bottom of the engaged recess. The engaged cigarette is fairly closely confined by the wall of the recess, and should the cigarette become suiciently consumed by its ignition to cause it to over balance, the permitted movement of the confined cigarette is negligible and not sufficient to allow its disengagement from the recess.

An important feature of the improved ash receiver resides in the novel construction and arrangement of the recesses 5, 6, which function to suiiiciently congest the engaged and confined ignited end of a neglected over balanced cigarette to cause the automatic extinction of the latter, and thereby eliminate all hazards usually attending the careless disposition of ignited cigarettes.

While the improved ash receiver is particularly adapted for cigarettes, it will be evident that cigars or pipes may be conveniently placed thereon, in tilted position preferably, at any corner of the tray between adjacent supports 4.

The present invention provides an attractive 3 and most efficient device of its kind, which can be economically constructed and successfully employed for the purposesand in the manner herein set forth.

What I claim is:

An ash tray having a fiat side wall having a duplex cigarette rest thereon corrprisin-g a pair of cigarette supporting elements aligned in mutually spaced opposed relation, each of said elements having a recess for receiving and engaging a cigarette placed therein, said recesses extending transversely of the top of said side Wall, and having openings disposed inwardly to- Ward each other and an upwardly extending proj ection centrally disposed intermediate said openings, the bottom of the recesses inclining toward said projection for directing a cigarette .into the respective recesses.

BENJAMIN H. DE HAVEN.

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